Should I accept this flat?

my boyf and I live near enough in the centre of town in a housing association old style 1 bedroomed top floor flat, its small but fine for a couple it has a good sized lounge and bedroom but the kitchen is tiny 4 months ago we had a baby boy. Even before I was pregnant we had our names on various council housing lists as we wanted a house with a garden etc of course now that we are overcrowded we have a bit more priority, the thing is the housing assocation have offered us a new build ground floor, 2 bedroomed flat, close to where we stay the rooms are quite small should we take it and lose our chance of a house or wait until something better comes up, like a terraced house or even a flat where we had our own front door and bit of garden? what would you do?

Should I accept this flat?
With the housing situation in crisis, I doubt very much any council will give you a house with just one child. Houses are like "gold dust" and very few and far between, and given to those with most points. It's a difficult situation, as people cannot afford to buy houses, but there are not enough council (or association) houses to fulfill the needs of an ever growing British population. I would accept the 2 bedroomed flat graciously, at least it's on the ground floor, and not high up in a tower block. If you don't accept it, it will be snapped up by some foreigner, and you may find yourself at the back of the queue for refusing a decent offer. As for the idiots who suggest these people wait till they get adequate housing, before having kids, you do not know what you are talking about. It may be fine for people who can afford to buy a house, or bought before the housing crisis, but how many of our young people do you think can afford to get on the bottom rung of the housing ladder these days? NOT MANY, but does that mean they have to remain childless, and are denied the right to a family?? Maybe it's the very reason our Country is being taken over by Muslims, as the housing situation (and people who think the poor should stop breeding) is forcing our own people to stop raising families!!!


Good luck sweetheart, my son has just been given his first house after 7 years with a 10 year old girl, and 6 year old twin boys, in a 2 bedroomed 2nd floor flat.(imagine carting a twin buggy, and twins up 2 flights of stairs for at least 2 years??)
Reply:Sorry, you may not like what I am about to say, but why have a baby and expect the council to house you. Would it not have been better to fend for yourself and have the baby later. I think the council have been more than conciliatory in offering you another place, as a lot of people in far greater need, still have no home, so I suggest taking what is offered and make the best of it.
Reply:It seems that the housing council is the one that decides on where you will spend the rest of your lives. If you can not wait for something better to come up, why not come to the Philippines where you could freely settle into the house that would suit your needs?.......
Reply:I would wait for a few months. I would also get married to legitimize my baby
Reply:If you can hold out, then wait. Maybe another 6 months or so.
Reply:Can you not take it temporarily? it would be much easier with the baby and pram/pushcair etc. Is a terrace actually going to give you more space? don't forget stairs take up a lot of room, (debate I'm currently having with hubby about moving our staircase!) and rooms are smaller, unless you have some in mind, and a good chance of getting one of those, I think I would go for a nice trouble free, fresh new build, you might be able to swap later? Baby won't be playing in the garden for a while! I had a lovely(council) 2 bed 'maisonette' top floor - difficult with a baby and pushchair and not high so no lift! Take no notice of other people - that's where my son and I started, now got my own (bought) 4 bed house with big garden - circumstances change! Good luck to you all!
Reply:Jeeze! Seriously, my mum and dad were on the list for 11 years living in a bedsit with my older sister since she was born, and when I was three, my sister ten, we finally got offered our three bedroom house. Our previous house had only one actual bedroom for all four of us. You shouldn't expect things like a garden or a terrace. That's a plus with a house, not a standard, whether you have a kid or not. Take what you can get, especially when others can't get anything at all. We don't even have anything outside now, just a small balcony.